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14-letter words containing d, e, s, l, c, t

  • lecythidaceous — relating to the Lecythidaceae family of large trees, native to tropical South America and Madagascar
  • lend-lease act — the matériel and services supplied by the U.S. to its allies during World War II under an act of Congress (Lend-Lease Act) passed in 1941: such aid was to be repaid in kind after the war.
  • leptodactylous — having slender toes or fingers.
  • listed company — A listed company is a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange.
  • llano estacado — a large plateau in the SW United States, in W Texas and SE New Mexico: cattle-grazing region. About 1000–5000 feet (300–1500 meters) above sea level.
  • lunar distance — the observed angle between the moon and another celestial body.
  • matched sample — a sample in which the individuals selected for analysis share all properties except that under investigation
  • medical ethics — the code of behaviour considered to be correct for members of the medical profession
  • medicalisation — Alternative spelling of medicalization.
  • methodicalness — The property of being methodical.
  • misdeclaration — An incorrect declaration, especially in an official context.
  • monocotyledons — Plural form of monocotyledon.
  • nonclandestine — not clandestine or secret; open
  • octodecillions — Plural form of octodecillion.
  • old school tie — a necktie striped in the colors of a specific English public school, especially as worn by a graduate to indicate his educational background.
  • pedanticalness — ostentatious in one's learning.
  • peel-and-stick — ready to be applied after peeling off the backing to expose an adhesive surface: peel-and-stick labels.
  • pentadactylism — the state of having five digits on each limb
  • polar distance — codeclination.
  • police custody — If somebody or something is in police custody, they are kept somewhere secure, under the supervision of police officers, for example in a police station.
  • postadolescent — growing to manhood or womanhood; youthful.
  • pseudo-ethical — pertaining to or dealing with morals or the principles of morality; pertaining to right and wrong in conduct.
  • quadruplicates — Plural form of quadruplicate.
  • reconsolidated — to bring together (separate parts) into a single or unified whole; unite; combine: They consolidated their three companies.
  • rediscountable — able to be rediscounted
  • restricted epl — (language)   (REPL) The efficient subset of EPL used to write the core of Multics.
  • sales director — a professional responsible for directing and managing the sales department of a company
  • sansculottides — the festivities held during the five complementary days in the French Republican Calendar
  • school edition — a special edition of a book for distribution to schools or colleges, subject to a special rate of discount, sometimes without a dust jacket (distinguished from trade edition).
  • scratchbuilder — a person who scratchbuilds
  • sedimentologic — of or relating to sedimentology
  • self-collected — having or showing self-control; composed; self-possessed.
  • self-conceited — an excessively favorable opinion of oneself, one's abilities, etc.; vanity.
  • self-confident — realistic confidence in one's own judgment, ability, power, etc.
  • self-contained — containing in oneself or itself all that is necessary; independent.
  • self-contented — contented with what one is or has
  • self-deception — the act or fact of deceiving oneself.
  • self-dedicated — wholly committed to something, as to an ideal, political cause, or personal goal: a dedicated artist.
  • self-directing — to manage or guide by advice, helpful information, instruction, etc.: He directed the company through a difficult time.
  • self-direction — the act or an instance of directing.
  • self-directive — serving to direct; directing: a directive board.
  • self-induction — the process by which an electromotive force is induced in a circuit by a varying current in that circuit.
  • self-inflicted — inflicted by oneself upon oneself: a self-inflicted wound.
  • semantic field — an area of human experience or perception, as color, that is delimited and subcategorized by a set of interrelated vocabulary items in a language.
  • shield cricket — the interstate cricket competition held for the Sheffield Shield
  • shoulder patch — a cloth emblem worn on the upper part of a sleeve of a uniform typically as identification of the organization to which the wearer is assigned.
  • slalom descent — a winding descent
  • slantendicular — slanting (rather than perpendicular or horizontal)
  • slate-coloured — like slate in colour
  • sliding vector — a vector having specified magnitude and lying on a given line.
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